Two lions kill rare white tiger at Czech Republic’s Liberec Zoo; World’s oldest woman dies in Mexico City at 119 years old...

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. climate chief has a message for naysayers about the Copenhagen climate conference next month: It will succeed....

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Economic reality and money problems may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad, just two years after students' interest in foreign study was at an all-time high....

As the day winds to a close in the city of Prague, skateboarders mostly in their teens, begin to slowly arrive at what they call “The Stalin” in Letna Park....

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Starry eyed children around the world are writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole, but this holiday season they’ll not likely to get a response from Santa or his helpers....

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina, a decision that could make the federal government vulnerable to bil...

Senate health bill to cost $849 billion, cover 94% of Americans; California requires TVs to be more energy efficient by 2011  ...

BRUSSELS—The European Union is about to pick its very first president, a post conjured up after years of tortuous political machination to give the bloc a unified voice on the world stage....

KABUL — Under intense pressure to fix his corrupt government, Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought to strike a balance in his second inaugural speech Thursday: answer international demands for reform while appeasing his political allies who returned...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —     Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday for a weeklong stay, and the astronauts quickly unloaded a huge platform full of spare parts needed to keep the outpost running ...

Twins joined at heads undergo successful separation surgery...

SALT LAKE CITY — Seven years after she was abducted at knife point, Elizabeth Smart has an apology and guilty plea from one of her kidnappers....

BEIJING — President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao promised a determined, joint effort to tackle climate change, nuclear disarmament and other global troubles during their first full-blown summit Tuesday, but made scant progress beyond...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will investigate its procedures in light of the Fort Hood shooting rampage, looking at how all the military services keep a watch on potential problems within their ranks, officials said Tuesday....

U.S. colleges and universities have seen an increase in the number of international students enrolled, in part due to poor economic situations in the students’ home countries, according to an annual report....

Obama prods China to take global role on big issues; Rockets kill 12 Afghan civilians in attack on French general...

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Deep in the woods on the Kentucky-Tennessee line, soldiers who call in powerful weapons like mortars are learning how to get close enough beforehand to better identify targets, a key element of the military’s new mandate t...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Six Jesuit priests killed by the army during El Salvador’s civil war two decades ago were decorated with the country’s highest honor Monday....

British scientist reveals herself as author of call girl's blog...

SHANGHAI — President Barack Obama is walking a tightrope on his first trip to China, seeking to enlist help in tackling urgent global problems while weighing when and how — or if — he should raise traditional human rights concerns....